The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers lead the NBA with a 10-3 record, and LeBron James and company are consensus favorites to win the 2021 NBA championship. After the Brooklyn Nets (7-6) acquired James Harden in a blockbuster four-team trade, the Nets saw their championship odds jump to +350. The […]
James Harden wanted out of Houston, but it took Kyrie Irving to sit out games for the Brooklyn Nets before the team fast-tracked a trade with the Rockets for Harden’s services. In a four-team trade, the Nets acquire Harden, the NBA’s top-leading scorer the previous three seasons, and the Rockets […]
Through the first 12 games of the season, the Brooklyn Nets (6-6) were missing their big stars on numerous occasions. Kevin Durant missed four games this season, while Kyrie Irving missed five games, including four in a row due to personal reasons. He’s not expected to return to the team […]
It’s buzzing in Buzz City right now after the Charlotte Hornets won four games in a row to improve to 6-5 on the season thanks to leading scorer Gordon Hayward, who is putting up All-Star numbers. Plus, the #3 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, LaMelo Ball, lived up […]
Kristaps Porzingis, aka The Unicorn, is expected to make his season debut with the Dallas Mavericks against the Charlotte Hornets. The 7-foot-3 big man from Latvia recently recovered from a knee injury and surgery, which he suffered in the playoffs last August against the Los Angeles Clippers. Porzingis underwent surgery […]
What’s more impressive? The fact that LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to tally a triple-double, or the fact he did it while coming off the bench in only his tenth-career pro game? Ball scored 22 points, hauled down 12 rebounds, and dished 11 assists in a […]
We’re a full week into 2021 and this weekend has several must-see games, including the Utah Jazz (4-4) at the Milwaukee Bucks (5-3) on Friday, and the Phoenix Suns (6-2) at Indiana Pacers (6-2) on Saturday. Plus, the New York Knicks (5-3) are playing their best ball in years. They […]
Two weeks into the NBA season and it’s time to bolster your fantasy basketball team with waiver wire pickups such as Seth Curry (76ers), RJ Barret (Knicks), Bobby Portis (Bucks), Cole Anthony (Magic), De’Andre Hunter (Hawks), Coby White (Bulls), or Tyrese Haliburton (Kings). Cole Anthony and Tyrese Haliburton were both […]
Chalk up another bad beat in Orlando as a former #1 pick will miss the remainder of the season. Orlando Magic guard Markelle Fultz suffered a left knee injury against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Fultz blew out his ACL and will miss the remainder of the season while he recovers from […]
Bradley Beal tied a Washington Wizards franchise record with 60 points while also setting a new career-high in a 141-136 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers. In true Beal fashion, he was more irked that the Wiz lost than he was pleased by setting a career milestone. Beal looked unstoppable for […]
The New York Knicks started the season with a 4-3 record and currently occupy the #5 seed in the Eastern Conference thanks to Julius Randle and RJ Barrett. But will the Knicks finally turn around their losing ways with their first playoff appearance at Madison Square Garden since 2013? Or […]
The Memphis Grizzlies lost Ja Morant to an ankle injury in the third game of the season and early estimates suggest Morant could miss three to five weeks with a grade 2 sprain. Training staff removed Morant from the floor in a wheelchair. Tests revealed a severe sprained ankle, but […]
Not too many people thought the NBA’s top squads at the start of the season would be the Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers, but the top two defenses in the league sprang out of the gate with a 5-1 clip. The Sixers improved to 6-1 with a victory over the […]
The Toronto Raptors (1-5) and Detroit Pistons (1-6) are members of the dreaded one-win club after a tumultuous start to their seasons where both teams find themselves in a hole. The Pistons were expected to be one of the up-and-coming teams in the NBA, so their start isn’t as startling […]
After a slow start to the season, Steph Curry woke up, posting an explosive performance by dropping a career-high 62 points in a 15-point victory for the Golden State Warriors over the Portland Trail Blazers. Curry busted out of his long-range slump, knocking down eight 3-pointers on 8-for-16 shooting from […]
San Antonio Spurs assistant head coach Becky Hammon became the first woman to coach an NBA team after the Spurs’ legendary sideline patroller Gregg Popovich was ejected against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night. The Spurs would eventually lose 121-107, though Hammon doesn’t take the official loss. Popovich was tossed […]
The NBA gave its franchises and individuals a warning Christmas Eve that nobody in the league could cut in line for the first round of COVID-19 vaccines. In a memo released Thursday afternoon, the league made official their position on the FDA-approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which started to be […]
After making it through 90 days in the Orlando bubble without a single case of COVID-19, the NBA couldn’t get through two days of its 2020-21 season before the virus showed up. The league announced the evening game between the Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder was postponed due to […]
We’ve compiled several draft tips if you’re a fantasy basketball beginner, or if you haven’t been religiously following the NBA due to the pandemic. If you’re a noob or haven’t played fantasy hoops in a while, don’t worry, because we’ve got your back with some basic advice and tips that […]
LeBron James sits on the NBA’s throne once again. Will anyone usurp King James and the defending-champion Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference? Or will the Denver Nuggets grind their way to their first conference title? For this preview, we’re taking a Malcolm Gladwell perspective inspired by his best-selling […]
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